Project plan

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(As defined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) 2000 Edition):

A project plan is "A formal, approved document used to guide both project execution and project control. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning assumptions and decisions, facilitate communication among stakeholders, and document approved scope, cost, and schedule baselines. A project plan may be summary or detailed."

Additionally this is defined within Prince2 as:

"a statement of how and when a project's objectives are to be achieved, by showing the major products, milestones, activities and resources required on the project."

The widespread use of computerized project management tools has led to a common use of project plan to refer to a Gantt chart which has a much narrower use than a plan as defined above.

See Project planning.